Born in Chadera, Israel, Kit­ty Zeld­is is the pseu­do­nym for an award-win­ning author of eight nov­els and over thir­ty-five books for chil­dren. Her essay, arti­cles and short fic­tion have been pub­lished in many nation­al and lit­er­ary pub­li­ca­tions. She is also the Fic­tion Edi­tor of Lilith Mag­a­zine. Zeld­is lives in Brook­lyn, NY.